Monday, May 27, 2013

“Cruel Embroidery” by Joyce Mason and More Golden Nuggets of Prose and Poetry

Golden Prose & Poetry: A Collection of Short Stories,
Essays and Verse from Writers in Northern California

Dear Radical Readers,

I’m taking a brief break from the last pair of Planetary
Fishing posts and a lot of hard work wrapping up Keywords to Unlock Chiron for this announcement. My short story, “Cruel
Embroidery,” is part of a new literary collection I believe you’ll truly enjoy.

Twenty
writers have teamed up to create a Northern California anthology of fine
writing that puts readers through a rush of emotion from laughter to tears and
from joy to regrets. I’m proud to be part of this quality volume!

The authors
deliver a rush of emotion in a new book, Golden Prose & Poetry.

Golden Prose & Poetry is published by Pretty Road Press in association with Northern California
Publishers & Authors. Folsom-based publisher, Ted Witt, describes the book as delivering “bold,
imaginative short stories alongside true tales, travelogues and sentimental
verse from writers in the Golden State.” The 165-page book
highlights the work of several award-winning writers alongside new talent
showcasing their work for the first time. The
content is diverse, but unified in delivering a rush of emotion.

My story, “Cruel Embroidery,” exposes a community without compassion and is a study of what happens when
light and dark meet. Imagine the most innocent young Virgo meeting a reclusive old
Scorpio whose life has been derailed by a seriously damaged self-image. “Cruel
Embroidery” contains court scenes tantamount to a modern-day Salem witch trial. It has a surprise ending
that startled the author herself.

My story is just one of the fascinating ensemble. The anthologyis now available on Amazon. Click
the link or graphic to take a peek inside. It's a great summer read, perfect for the busy person who can read an entire story, essay or poem in a few spare minutes.

Golden
Prose & Poetry is $11.97 and will be available in print and in e-book
format. Print copies will also be
available at the Purple Place book release celebration in El Dorado Hills, which
will feature author signings, prizes and happy hour prices on food and
beverages on Tuesday, May 28. If you're local to the Sacramento Area, please join us from 6-8:30 PM for golden fun at the Purple Place the evening after Memorial Day. Details on Facebook.

All
contributing writers to Golden Prose and Poetry are members of Northern
California Publishers & Authors, an independent alliance of authors and
publishing professionals whose website is www.NorCalPA.org.

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You don't even have to be a Sun Virgo to have the characteristics of a Radical Virgo, though any planets in the V-sign help. You don’t join this club. You recognize that you already belong.

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About "The Radical Virgo"

Joyce Mason has Sun in the last degree of Virgo, three planets in Libra, Taurus Rising and a Capricorn Moon. She's a "PUNC," or a person with a prominence of the outer planets Pluto, Uranus, Neptune--add bridging and healing Chiron. (See her Outerplanetary People series for more on PUNCs.) Joyce is often mistaken for an Aquarius/ Sagittarius blend. Even if you don’t speak astrology, that makes sense on some symbolic level because they both end in “ius.” She believes that I and Us are one in the same—and celebrates the human spirit in which we’re all joined.

First and foremost a writer, Joyce was a consulting astrologer, tarot reader, dreamworker, and flower essence practitioner for 25 years. Her astrological specialties are the sign of Virgo and the centaur planet, Chiron. She writes on these and many other topics. Read her complete bio and astrology articles on her Writer Joyce Mason website.

The name The Radical Virgo comes from an article Joyce wrote in The Mountain Astrologer many years ago. It also evolved into a personal nickname.

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